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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower & Helena Vesty

Devastated mum thought daughter, 21, had insect bite - year later she was dead

A mum who thought her daughter had an insect bite has been left devastated after she died from cancer just a month before graduation.

Jenna Patel first visited a doctor when she noticed a lump on her shoulder she thought was an insect bite during work experience at a primary school but was told not to worry.

When it continued to grow she returned and was eventually diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma - a rare cancer which can cause tumours in the bones or surrounding soft-tissues.

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